Sentences with phrase «attack by pit bulls»

Even as recently as the period from 1966 to 1975, nationwide there was only one documented case of a fatal attack by a pit bull - type dog.

Many of the stories about attacks by pit bulls don't even end up being pit bulls and that is what is so unfair.

We don't want our kids attacked by a pit bull or any dog for that matter.

And with insurance companies paying costly claims involving attacks by pit bulls, many agents with major firms are refusing to write homeowner's policies for residents who own the dogs.

The plaintiff was ten years old when he was attacked by a pit bull named Tiny.

There are several articles from the early 80s about attacks by pit bulls and other dogs.

They released this public statement in August 2017: «It is with great concern that the PBFSA is noticing an increase in the number of attacks by pit bull type dogs and pit bulls on other animals.

Her 2 year old male german shepherd had just been attacked by a pit bull while she was visiting her daughter.

Inexplicably, the spokesperson for the ministry of the attorney general, Brendan Crawley insists, «This legislation ensures that there are fewer opportunities for vicious attacks by a pit bull... As time continues, we will be able to see the full effects of the legislative amendments and municipal enforcement efforts.»

Rather, the other companies willing to insure high - risk breeds are also having to make more and higher payouts for attacks by pit bulls, Rottweilers, and dogs of several other closely related but relatively scarce breeds, each of which pose more than twice the actuarial risk of all other breeds combined and more than 10 times the actuarial risk of the average dog.

And about 65 dogs are attacked by pit bulls EVERY day.

NEW JERSEY Two firefighters received valor awards for rescuing and treating two people being viciously attacked by a pit bull in 2016.»

Mayor Owen Sheppard said signs prohibiting animals in parks have been posted for years but the city has lacked a pertinent ordinance.Shook could not be reached for comment Wednesday, but her assistant, Jeanne Scholz said the vicious dog ordinance is the result of increased reports in Florida of attacks by pit bull terriers.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is calling for tougher laws regulating dangerous dogs after three separate attacks by pit bulls and Rottweilers in two days.

500, 107 L.Ed.2 d 503 (1989)(«pit bull dogs represent a unique public health hazard ․ [possessing] both the capacity for extraordinarily savage behavior ․ [a] capacity for uniquely vicious attacks ․ coupled with an unpredictable nature» and that «[o] f the 32 known human deaths in the United States due to dog attacks ․ [in the period between July 1983 and April 1989], 23 were caused by attacks by pit bull dogs»).

How many people and animals have to be unnecessarily attacked by pit bulls which have been inhumanely stressed by their loser owners?

In fact, the probability of being fatally attacked by a pit bull is actually lower than many other breeds.

While there is no argument that there have been cases of attacks by dogs of the «pit bull» type, (e.g. American Staffordshire Terriers, American Pit Bull Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers) attacks by pit bulls do get much more attention than those of other dog breeds.

A 3 - year - old west Orange County boy was attacked by a pit bull Sunday night while he was outside playing.

I'm not saying there were no unproved attacks by pit bulls (which isn't even a single breed).

July 30: A 6 - year - old girl's love for animals endured despite being attacked by a pit bull in July.

Lockwood said the first reported fatal attack by a pit bull was about five years ago, when the breed was just beginning to gain popularity.

And as a bystander with children and pets, I'd like to add that the reason anti-pit bull groups are gaining favor and becoming more widely known is because the attacks by pit bulls and their owners are happening all over the country at an alarming rate.

I wasn't a big news person, so I had only ever heard of two people in my life that had been attacked by pit bulls.

In June 1986, 20 - month - old Kyle Corullo was attacked by a pit bull in Ramsay, Mich., while playing in his grandmother's backyard.

Me and my little dog were attacked by a pit bull this week.

However, when it comes to dog attacks, the probability of being attacked by a pit bull, and that attack being fatal, is lower than being attacked by other breeds of dogs.

When you turn on the news, it seems like the only dog attacks that ever make headlines are attacks by pit bulls and attacks that result in death or serious injury.

Nga Woodhead's death was directly attributable to being attacked by pit bulls: «A Spanaway woman who was attacked and mauled last week by two pit bulls died Tuesday from a heart attack directly attributable to the attack, the Pierce County medical examiner said.»

At the time the ban was enacted in 2005, there were a series of attacks by pit bulls, including one on a 10 - year - old boy whose arm had to be amputated.

The court specifically stated that it was «modifying the Maryland common law of liability as it relates to attacks by pit bull and cross-bred pit bull dogs against humans.»

When a 13 - year - old boy suffered serious injuries after he was attacked by a pit bull, his mother sought to hold several parties accountable.

Then, in Corinna last year, a seven - year - old was killed in an attack by a pit bull while playing outside his father's home.